Once the cat was out of the bag, Obama should have given Snowden a whistleblower medal and immunity from prosecution, got him back here in the good ol' USA, had him help clean up the security leaks and unconstitutional activities and taken the high road with the Civil Libertarians.

Instead, Obama now has 4 million top security employees that can sympathize with Snowden that will never, ever, ever blow the whistle on any criminal activity. The intelligence community will become more and more diabolical.

It's a requirement for creating the very effective Gestapo type of security apparatus.

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"Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty" TJ